by Moody AdamsA Hyatt hotel in Sugar Land, Texas, has canceled a tea-party event at which author and Atlas Shrugs founder Pamela Geller was scheduled to speak on the dangers of Islam, reports Bob Unruh of World Net Daily.

Geller accused the Hyatt Place of enforcing Islamic law, or Shariah, under which no criticism of Islam is allowed. In Muslim nations, it can be a death penalty offense, Geller noted.

Geller said, "Free speech, the cornerstone of our constitutional republic, is in serious jeopardy. . . Under the Shariah law, criticism of Islam is blasphemy (punishable by death in Muslim countries). This is the death of free speech in the continuing Islamization of America."

A Hyatt employee in Sugar Land, who identified himself only as Brandon, told WND the abrupt change was a "business" decision. But when asked about the links between CAIR and terror, he slammed the phone down.

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